Kato.im Launches Kato Teams, a Free Chat Platform for Businesses

http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/27/kato-im-launches-kato-teams-a-free-chat-platform-for-businesses/

by petrohi • 12 years ago

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daigoba66• 12 years ago

So the only differentiator is that you can tile multiple chat windows? Of course I haven't tried it yet, but that feels like it would be overwhelming.

hyphyphyph• 12 years ago

That was my initial concern, but I've been chatting with a couple friends to try it out, as well as chatting with the founder. As it turns out, it's not confusing at all. It's a really FUN app to use. And the Vim-like keybindings are amazing.

I'm in love with a cat.

rekoros4• 12 years ago

That, and vim-like keyboard shortcuts (https://kato.im/articles/keyboard-control/)

And ability to use the same account to work with multiple teams at the same time.

Also markdown support.

chermanowicz• 12 years ago

Also cross-org communication. If you're not into chatting with external parties, then think about how you would otherwise connect teams in a 500+ person company. I've tried a lot of tools but couldn't find anything that works when companies scale in size.

rubyrescue• 12 years ago

I know Andrei and have been following him and the team since they started. Great service. Incidentally they're an Erlang shop that uses release upgrades to do seamless code deploys without losing a chat session. Impressive.

donniezazen2• 12 years ago

Generally speaking it never ceases to amaze me how many of these chat platforms are but often they tend not to be compatible to XMPP protocol.

rekoros4• 12 years ago

We built Kato from product down, trying to avoid protocol-driven pitfalls. We'll add an integration sooner than later.

donniezazen2• 12 years ago

Cool it would be nice to be able to connect your own XMPP server.

statico• 12 years ago

Great job, Andrei and Peter!

halcyondaze• 12 years ago

Question: Why are there so many new chat platforms coming out? Isn't this problem pretty well figured out by now?

rekoros4• 12 years ago

Nah. People still live in email.

hobarrera• 12 years ago

IM and email are different things. People still use email because IM is not meant to replace it.

Kato.im Launches Kato Teams, a Free Chat Platform for Businesses

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